Tag: Digital Transformation Agency

We are missing Paul Shetler in this crisis

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Malcolm Turnbull describes the Australian government’s former digital tsar Paul Shetler as a “brilliant technocrat” who ultimately did not have the right set of management skills to lead the...

No modelling on 40% trace target: Health

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Australia will be “one of the first adopters” of Apple’s contact tracing Bluetooth fix, with government officials confirming that the current app has significant performance issues on the Apple...

‘Inconceivable’ US could access tracing data

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
It is “inconceivable” that US authorities would be able to access data from Australia’s contact tracing app, but the government’s legal advice on the matter will not be made...

Big bucks on open source COVIDsafe app

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Private contractors were paid nearly $2 million to work on the federal government’s COVID-19 contact tracing app, while the firm behind the official information app was given an additional...

McKinsey lands $1m three-month myGov deal

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government will pay consulting giant McKinsey nearly $1 million to develop a business case for its Facebook-inspired myGov update over the next three months. The Digital Transformation...

APS maps new digital career paths

Posted on   |  by Elise McDonald
A new ‘Digital Professional Stream Strategy will be implemented across the public service to attract new tech savvy professionals and lift the public services’s digital skills game. Launched by...

AWS tracing deal a disgrace: Rex Patrick

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The contract handed to American tech giant Amazon to handle the cloud storage of data from the COVID-19 contact tracing app is a “disgrace” and more must done to...

Govt paid $3m for COVID info app

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government spent more than $3 million on the development of the COVID-19 information app developed by a Canberra tech company in two weeks following a closed tender...

Contact tracing privacy report due this week

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
A privacy report on the government’s controversial contact tracing app will be released this week, with the app’s source code also to be made public and scrutinised as the...